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hardflex, the ignition wires on these bikes, the triples, often cause a miss. some have resistors in the caps, others do not. the high energy electronic iggy(the box can be opened and cleaned and dried out) after 1978 and moisture can cause a miss at low speed, as can the "primer circuit" (the vacumm tube above the intakes, or a cracked intake.

on mine, they are alum, but some are rubber, and crack with age(these bikes are now about 25 years old, time for wires)

also, on the left side, the connectors on the bottom catch the acid overflow of the battery bubbles, and both of the ones i had have had severe corrosion on the connections out the bottom of the terminals, heading over to the starter circuit. all replaced.

the jets are not adjustable, but the idle for the bike is adjustabler for idle on the linkage setup via a thumbscrew on early ones, and a screw on the newer ones.

i have talked with a guy here in kc who runs fast stretched 750 and 1000cc up bikes, and he also changes to larger jets, which is easy when they just screw in. look at my pix at the beginning of the thread....these are the jets, no cap over them, ....see the holes in them, those are the orfices. early triples, like the 750 2D, and Hardflexs' late 79 xs750 have the "anti tamper cap over the screw adjustable jet, but in 1980, they came up with a factory preset jet.

i heard a few bikes had this. trying to keep costs down, with a fix or other Yammy carbs is the plan, but if it isn't a dependable bike, i will not go around the block on it. m just wanted to touch base with the 2 wheeled crowd on this topic, and got some good info.

thanks to all, and pray for the sunny days!!!

tom

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